The World - News from Sept. 5, 1989
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Three former directors of the Swedish ordnance firm AB Bofors pleaded not guilty to charges of smuggling missiles to blacklisted Mideast countries as their trial began in Stockholm. The prosecution has accused the former directors of smuggling more than 300 laser-controlled Robot 70 anti-aircraft missiles, valued at $16 million, to Dubai and Bahrain in 1979 and 1980. Former managing director Martin Ardbo and former export director Hans Ekblom have admitted sales to Dubai and Bahrain. But they argue that the Swedish government had given its tacit approval to the deals. Retired artillery executive Lennart Palsson also pleaded not guilty.
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